Comments on: Why A Four Day Work Week Should Be Mandatory http://amateurassetallocator.com/2008/07/15/why-a-four-day-work-week-should-be-mandatory/ Amateur Asset Allocator Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Elsie http://amateurassetallocator.com/2008/07/15/why-a-four-day-work-week-should-be-mandatory/comment-page-1/#comment-1531 Elsie Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:06:33 +0000 http://amateurassetallocator.com/?p=231#comment-1531 I see this is in your commentary/humor category, so forgive me if this was meant to be tongue-in-cheek and I missed that! I do see several problems with a four day work week. First, that means people with kids have to make big adjustments--either spending more money on childcare or leaving them home alone before/after school. Also, I don't know that traffic will necessarily be reduced by having a three-day weekend. People will have a whole extra day to run errands and do things they can't do during the week, especially not after their workday has been extended. Sure, shoppers etc. won't equal the number of commuters, but you can't really expect everyone to just stay home, can you? Finally, what of government offices? Are they required to have a four-day week? What does that mean if you have to go to the post office, or get your license plate renewed? I wouldn't want to make the people who work there any more frazzled than they already are. I know that neither a four-day week nor a five-day week is perfect, but I just wanted to put my thoughts out there. :) I see this is in your commentary/humor category, so forgive me if this was meant to be tongue-in-cheek and I missed that!

I do see several problems with a four day work week. First, that means people with kids have to make big adjustments–either spending more money on childcare or leaving them home alone before/after school. Also, I don’t know that traffic will necessarily be reduced by having a three-day weekend. People will have a whole extra day to run errands and do things they can’t do during the week, especially not after their workday has been extended. Sure, shoppers etc. won’t equal the number of commuters, but you can’t really expect everyone to just stay home, can you? Finally, what of government offices? Are they required to have a four-day week? What does that mean if you have to go to the post office, or get your license plate renewed? I wouldn’t want to make the people who work there any more frazzled than they already are.

I know that neither a four-day week nor a five-day week is perfect, but I just wanted to put my thoughts out there. :)

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